How can we make Microsoft Teams better?

Linux client

My team has some users on Linux, and one benefit Slack has is a Linux client. Without a Linux client on Microsoft Teams, some orgs may have to turn away in favor of Slack so everyone can participate without keeping a browser open all the time.

Hey guys, thanks for the feedback – we hear you loud and clear. After talking this over with the Engineering team, I confirmed this will remain on the backlog and we are actively considering how to accelerate.

Hey guys, it has been two years since you asked for this and two years that I have been asking engineering for this and about this. At this point, there is no dedicated resource to creating a Linux client and I don’t want to string any of you along about it anymore. I’m marking this as declined so we can focus on your other requests.

If you are particularly mad about this decline, then email me. I am always happy to hear what you think and what you want for Teams. I appreciate the engagement even if it is disappointment or anger. My email is sparavi@microsoft.com. Ping me any time, about anything. :-)

I know how much you all want this, and I’ve gotten a couple emails asking for an update.

As you likely already know, we’re heads down trying to get Guest Access out the door, so we are not actively working on a Linux client.

Also, we’ll be focusing on knocking out a significant number of user requests in the coming months, but the scope of a Linux client is too big for that time frame. I plan to lobby for this one once we get these other items, and Guest Access out the door.

I really appreciate your patience, and please rest assured I haven’t forgotten about this ask!

I work for a Microsoft Managed Partner. We receive numerous requests from customers on which Microsoft products are native to Linux. A good number of government and startups use Linux heavily as a desktop client.

Microsoft has done a very good job recently in adding support for mobile and Apple Mac platforms. Given that OSX is based on Unix it shouldn't be a huge effort to produce applications for Linux distros.

We are seeing customers jump ship from Microsoft to Cisco for UC solutions based on this single discrepancy.